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Pudge to represent Rangers at draft

All-Star catcher Pudge Rodriguez, who retired in April as a Texas Ranger, will be the club’s ceremonial representative at next month’s amateur draft.

Each club will send an illustrious figure to the MLB Network’s studios in Secaucus, N.J., for the draft, on June 4. Rodriguez will announce the Rangers’ choices in compensation round A. The Rangers have the 39th and 53rd overall picks in that round.

The Rangers’ scouting operation will make the selections from the club’s offices in Arlington. The Rangers added extra picks as compensation for losing free-agent left-handers Darren Oliver and C.J. Wilson after last season and will have six of the first 93 choices in this draft.

The draft, which begins at 6 p.m., will be televised on the MLB Network.